The healing spirit of art

Friday

Feb 26, 2010 at 2:00 AM

Soothe your soul at Ellenville Regional Hospital with an exhibit opening next week, part of the ongoing "Healing Art" program. Local artists Lois Schnakenberg and Natalie Kelly will be featured in this exhibit from March 1-April 23.

Mimi Estes

Soothe your soul at Ellenville Regional Hospital with an exhibit opening next week, part of the ongoing "Healing Art" program. Local artists Lois Schnakenberg and Natalie Kelly will be featured in this exhibit from March 1-April 23.

With a history of arts involvement, Schnakenberg is known as a contemporary realist. She specializes in landscapes, florals and portraiture.

Kelly draws her inspiration from color and spatial relationships. She likes to work with encaustics, a paint composed of either beeswax or damar resin and added pigments. This medium is applied in a molten form to an absorbent material and can be reheated.

An opening reception will be held from 5—7 p.m. March 18 at the hospital, Route 209 in Ellenville. For more information about the "Healing Art" program or the show, call 647-6400, ext. 286.